Coretta Scott King (1927 – 2006) delivers a speech on the civil rights movement at a peace march in Central Park, New York on April 27th, 1968. The march took place three weeks after the assassination of King’s husband, Martin Luther King, Jr. King reads from the handwritten notes of her husband’s incomplete speech for this occasion, his “10 Commandments on Vietnam,” his dedication to the poor people of America and the world, and asks for women’s support and participation in the Poor People’s Movement. King closes her speech by reading Langston Hughes’s poem, “Mother to Son.”
Coretta Scott King
PRA Archive #:
BB1331
Date Recorded On:
Sheep Meadow, New York City, April 27, 1968
Date Broadcast On:
KPFA, 27 Apr. 1968.
Item Duration:
1 reel (16 min.) : 7 1/2 ips, mono.
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This recording has been digitally preserved as part of Pacifica’s American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 grant preservation project, and is available for research and reference . Please contact the archives via telephone: 818-506-1077 or email: americanwomen at pacificaradioarchives dot org for information on how to obtain a copy of this program. Thank you.
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- PRA Archive #: BB1331
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- Program: Coretta Scott King
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RESTRICTED. Permissions, licensing requests, Curriculum Initiative, Campus Campaign and all other inquiries should be directed to: Mark Torres, Archives Director, 800-735-0230, Mark@PacificaRadioArchives.org
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- Distributor: Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archive, 1968.
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- Speaker: Coretta Scott King


